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1. A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION STORAGE ELEMENTSTO PROVIDE VARIOUS TYPES OF OPERATIONS INCLUDING A SELECTION OFINDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS AND TRANSCRIBING OPERATION ON THE ELEMENTS ANDSELECTIVE SENSING OF INFORMATION FROM THE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING,CONTINUOUSLY MOVABLE TRANSPORT MEANS CONSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN A MOVEMENT OFTHE ELEMENTS WITH THE THE CONTINUOUSLY MOVABLE TRANSPORT MEANS, INACCORDANCE WITH INFORMATION PROCESSED IN THE ELEMENTS, FIRST STATIONMEANS DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE TRANSPORT MEANS TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLEDTRANSFER OF ELEMENTS FROM THE STATION MEANS TO THE TRANSPORT MEANS AND AMOVEMENT OF THE SELECTED ELEMENTS WITH THE TRANSPORT MEANS IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE INFORMATION PROCESSED ON THE ELEMENTS, SECOND STATION MEANSDISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE TRANSPORT MEANS TO OBTAIN A TRANSFER OFELEMENTS TO THE SECOND STATION MEANS FROM THE TRANSPORT MEANS UPON THEPROCESSING OF THE INFORMATION ON SUCH ELEMENTS, GATE MEANS DISPOSEDRELATIVE TO THE TRANSPORT MEANS TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF THEELEMENTS WITH THE TRANSPORT MEANS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND STATIONMEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE GATE MEANS, STORAGE MEANSINCLUDING AN ACCUMULATOR FOR STORING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THEELEMENTS ON THE TRANSPORT MEANS, MEANS INCLUDING AN INSTRUCTION REGISTEROPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE STORAGE MEANS FOR OBTAINING A PROCESSING OFTHE INFORMATION IN THE STORAGE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONSPROVIDED BY THE INSTRUCTION REGISTER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TYPE OFOPERATION BEING PERFORMED, AND PROCESSING MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TOTHE INSTRUCTION REGISTER AND RESPONSIVE TO THE PROCESSED INFORMATION ANDOPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE GATE MEANS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND STATIONMEANS TO OBTAIN A TRANSFER OF STORAGE ELEMENTS SELECTIVELY FROM THEFIRST STATION MEANS TO THE TRANSPORT MEANS AND WITH THE TRANSPORT MEANSAND A TRANSFER OF THE STORAGE ELEMENTS FROM THE TRANSPORT MEANS TO THESECOND STATION MEANS A MOVEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEPROCESSED INFORMATION.